The Ministry of Power vide its notification dated 15th November 2021, has revised the scheme for flexibility in generation and scheduling of thermal/hydro power stations through bundling with renewable energy and storage power.
The detailed mechanism that was issued earlier by the ministry in 2018 has now being revised to comprehensively cover the replacement of thermal and hydro power with standalone renewable energy power or renewable energy combined with battery energy storage systems, so that the distribution licensees can meet their renewable purchase obligation within the existing contracted capacity and without facing any additional financial burden.
The revised scheme shall be applicable to all new and existing coal/lignite/gas based thermal generating stations or hydro power stations which are referred to as “generating station”.
Any generating station company having such generating station may establish or procure renewable energy ( RE) from a renewable energy power plant that is either co-located within the premises or at new locations within the vicinity of an existing generating station.
The following 3 types of cases will be eligible under the renewable enegery power bundling and flexibility in generation and scheduling of thermal/hydro power stations policy,
- RE power plant co-located within the premises of a generating station
- RE power plant located in the vicinity i.e, within 100km of a generating station
- RE power plant co-located within the premises or located in the vicinity of a generating station supplying RE power to procurers of another generation station, located at a different location and owned by the same generating company.
